Puerto Cabello

views updated

Puerto Cabello (pwār´tō käbā´yō), city (1990 pop. 128,825), N Venezuela, a port on the Caribbean Sea. An important Venezuelan port, it ships meat, coffee, cacao, dyewoods, and copper ores. Near the city is one of Venezuela's most modern oil and chemical plants. Strategically located, Puerto Cabello was subject to attacks by buccaneers and was a favorite market for Dutch smugglers during the colonial era. The last Spanish royalist stronghold during Venezuela's war for independence, it was captured by José Antonio Páez in 1823.

More From encyclopedia.com

About this article

Puerto Cabello

Updated About encyclopedia.com content Print Article

You Might Also Like